SO THERE I WAS WITH TWO PENS, MY TWO TITTIES, CHARLES DICKENS, TWO SLICE OF BREAD AND A BLANK BOOK AT THE END OF MY FIRST DAY IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. EXCEPT AS IT TURNED OUT IT WASN'T QUITE THE END. Scotland, 1863. In an attempt to escape her past, Bessy Buckley takes a job working as a maid in a big country house. But when Arabella, her beautiful mistress, asks her to undertake a series of bizarre tasks, Bessy begins to realise that she hasn't quite landed on her feet.